Creating the Big Ten : Courage, Corruption, and Commercialization.
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- 9780252050251
- 796.33263
- GV958
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part One: From Disorder to Order -- 1 The Beginning of the Big Ten -- 2 Michigan Withdraws from the Conference -- 3 The Crisis over Amateurism -- 4 The Conference and the War -- Part Two: From Order to Disorder -- 5 The Big Ten in the Golden Age of Sports -- 6 The Commissioner and the Conference -- 7 The Big Ten Stadiums -- 8 Red Grange and the Lure of Professional Football -- 9 The Conference at Work -- 10 The True Spirit of the University -- 11 The Carnegie Report -- 12 The Big Ten Censures Iowa -- 13 Cross Currents -- 14 Closing Out Half a Century -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Conference Rules -- Appendix 2: Faculty Representatives -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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